Tragedies Across Cities Claim Lives and Wounds
A roundup of tragic incidents reports a San Francisco collision killing City Architect James J. Fisher and injuring L. F. Stradling and three others. Chicago records the suicide of Rev. Arthur Wilde Lyttle amid marital strain. Cleveland notes James Payne's self-inflicted death after a divorce dispute. Denver reports a 17 year old girl found unconscious on a sidewalk and treated by medical staff.
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San Francisco
James J. Fisher
L. F. Stradling
Denver
Mildred Lowe
Clarkson Street
David Faganbaum
Wiliam Yantis
Curtis
Oklahowa City
Ackley
Mayer Confesses Theft In Court In Denver Teen
New York dispatch reports 17 year old Charles G Mayer of Denver confessed to stealing 500 dollars in court. He told Magistrate Corrigan of the act and later surrendered himself.
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New York
Charles G. Mayer
Denver
Corrigan
Son Returns to Face Charge After Bank Theft
Mayer, a hotel clerk, confessed to stealing funds from Hotel Victoria and fled to Youngstown Allegheny and Pittsburg. He watched a film about a remorseful bank clerk, felt guilt about his mother in Denver, and decided to plead guilty to Angus Gordon's complaint, hoping his mother never learns of his crime.
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Mayer
Victoria
P. F. Brown
Guld Be
Angus Gordon
Youngstown
Allegheny
Pittsburg
Denver
New York
Teara
Dying man amid church riot as Knife and blackjack clash
At a St Pauls church festival riot in Laurel Delaware on September 20 John Williams aged 56 is dying in Peninsula General hospital while Roland Stockley 17, his attacker, lies dying in a city jail without bail. Several others were wounded by knives and blackjacks as the altercation followed a church event. The clash sparked fears of a feud between rival clans the Salem Stockleys and Hearns Cross Roads Williamses. State authorities anticipate arrests.
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Luke Williams
George Bacon
John Oliphant
A. Bacon
St Paul's Methodist’ Episcopal Church
Williama
Stockley
Williadie
Salem
Stockleys
Hearns Cross Roads
Williamses
Telegraph Briefs From Across the West and Southwest
A series of short dispatches covers Charles and Rosina Georgis in Greeley Colorado facing arraignment over an infant death with $2000 bonds, Rio Grande smelter near Socorro New Mexico reopening for 400 jobs, placer ground claims near Nogales Arizona, a large alfalfa meal mill project in Rapid City South Dakota, a $1 million stock and bond legacy to Mrs. B Frank Ray from Illinois, Oklahoma bank condition reports as of Sept 1 1910, a masked bandit robs Lakeside district school in Bureau Colorado, Eleanor Rankin of Starkville cited as delinquent and sent to a state home, and J W Ayler’s fraud suit disrupted by a lightning strike evidence claim in Texas.
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Trinidad
Colo
Eleanor Rankin
Starkville
Outlaw linked to 1908 era crimes and abductions
Police identify alias F in Tecummah Oklahoma as charged with attempted murder, bigamy, sorcery and kidnapping of a 17 year old girl. The fugitive, once linked to a 1908 Dalton shooting, evaded officers after recognition and betrayal near Walfeyvilly Kansas.
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Golo
Tecummah
Okla
Bob Dalton
Walfeyvilly
Kana
Senator Holistin Testifies on Lorimer Vote Bribe
State Senator D T Holistin testified he received 2500 dollars after voting for Lorimer and that payment was tied to his vote. He recalled meeting Senator Broderick the night before Latimer’s election and being told there was 2500 dollars in it, though Broderick denied making further remarks.
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Chicago
D. T. Holistin
Lorimer
Broderick
Reading Circle Books for 1911 in November Exam
The State Board of Examiners announces that the Reading Circle Books for 1911 will be in the November Examination. Mamie B. Hefferon, County Superintendent.
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State Board of Examiners Ek
Reading Circle
Leav es Hotel Over Uniforms Incident at Fort Leavenworth
Gen Frederick Funston describes leaving the Hotel Palmore in Kansas City after paying his bill and objecting to men in United States Army captain uniforms. He regrets making the matter public but defends his actions, noting prior friendship with hotel staff and hoping for a quiet resolution.
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Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Frederick Funston
Palmore
Kansas Cie
United States Army
Change of Uniform Noted for Army Officers
The remark stresses that officers should take pride in their uniforms and reveal them when appropriate, arguing a uniform is natural display of position and identity.
Widow of Robert Collier Arrives in Cheyenne
Mrs. Robert Collier widow of the Collier's Weekly publisher travels from the east with her daughter in law and companions and stops at the Inter Ocean in Cheyenne for rest before continuing west.
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Robert Collier
Cheyenne
Collier's Weekly
P, BF. Collier
A. Henderson
Indians Bid Farewell to Cheyenne Ahead of Denver Series
Manager Irn Bidwell leads the Cheyenne Indians, boasting the season’s best city record, to Denver for a three game Inter Mountain series with the Trinidad Miners. The opener is tomorrow afternoon, followed by a Sunday double header.
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Irn Bidwell
Nall
Cheyenne ‘Indians
Denver
Trinidad Miners
Cheyenne Team Disbands After New Mexico Games
At Broadway Park in Cheyenne the Union Pacific Railroad club plans a fall season finale with trips to Denver and Cheyenne fans. Indiana and New Mexico teams will visit as the Cheyenne squad disbands after the New Mexico games. Players return home after the season.
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Broadway Park
P. A
Union Pavitic’ Railroad Con
Pany
Denvers
Cheyenne
Renee
Indiana
Potaiverderuns
Thes
New Mexico Tean
Sendonca
New Mexico
Oxford Silver Plate Co
Palace Pharmacy Plant Syrup For Coughs and Cold
A historic note describes Syrup of White Pine with IT as a known remedy for coughs and colds sold at The Palace Pharmacy. The entry highlights its medicinal use and retail availability in a period style notice.
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